Marine Corps Recruiting Offices Open Again
Telegraphed orders reopened all U S Marine Corps Recruiting Offices last week inviting men 18 to 35 to enlist. Drafted individuals may join with board release while offices in Los Angeles San Diego Bakersfield and Phoenix Arizona urge immediate applications for recruitment literature.
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Marine Corps
U. S Marine Corps
Uncle Sam
Los Angeles
San Diego
Bakersfield
Phoenix
Arizona
Surprise Party for Grammar School Girl Jennie Jones
Friends from the Sixth and Seventh grades staged a surprise party for Miss Jennie Jones last Saturday evening at the Jacobs home. The schoolmate list includes Kyra Salsman Ruth Connor Elsie Richie Paula Gellette Ruby Wilson Leta Thompson Fredreca Dresse Eugene Miller Leonard Soules Harry Soules Elasta Holmes Walter King Seth Holmes Robert White. The gathering served as a farewell before the Jacobs plan to move to Grand Rapids Wednesday. Mrs. Jacobs and Mrs. Salsman hosted the event.
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Jennie Jones
Jennie
F. W. Jacobs
Grand Rapids
Jacobs
Kyra Salsman
Ruth Connor
Elsie Richie
Paula Gellette
Ruby Wilson
Leta Thompson
Fredreca Dressie
Eugene Miller
Leonard Soules
Harry Soules
Elasta Holmes
Walter King
Seth Holmes
Robert White
Old Fashioned Picnic at Barstow Bathing Beach
Arrangements are under way for a big picnic at Barstow bathing beach on Saturday May 11 led by P Purviance of the high school. Desert schools will compete in athletic events and a 4 girls baseball game is planned. Boat races at the swimming pool and a circus lemonade stand will accompany a beans sale by Junior Red Cross girls to benefit their treasury. Civilian employees at Mare Island Navy Yard have subscribed 554900 to the Third Liberty Loan.
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Barstow
P. Purviance
Desert
Farewell party for Charley Clark before Camp Lewis
Charley Clark, district constable, leaves for Camp Lewis after a Thursday farewell hosted by friends. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Young, N. T. Peck, Lucy Wilson, G. Sieman family, H. B. Johnson, and many others. Activities featured games, singing, and refreshments.
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Charley Clark
Camp Lewis
Charley
F. B. Young
N. T. Peck
Lucy Wilson
C. E. Wallace
C. G. Phillips
W. M. Dickerson
H. Young
Battles and unrest across Flanders and Europe report
Allied forces hold positions along the Ypres salient while German attempts to break British lines fail on several fronts. British and French push back near Amiens and Noyon as the west front sees heavy artillery, gas, and casualties. European tensions rise with riots in Austria and Germany, a potential nervous breakdown of the emperor, and socialist opposition in Prussia.
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Associated Press
Flanders
General von Arnim
Ypres
Lacre
Amiens
Noyon
Villers- Bretonneux
Berne
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Berlin
Vatican
London
von Arnim
Electric treatment boosts crops and fights pests in France
A report in L Industrie Electrique describes France’s electrical apparatus used to boost agricultural output. Experiments show growth increases of 80 percent for young strawberries and 25 to 36 percent for old plants, 20 to 50 percent for potatoes and other vegetables, with added benefit of insect destruction.
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L' Industrie Electrique
France
Electrically Heated Beds Aid Wounded Soldiers
The war spurs medical advances with electrically heated beds aiding heavily wounded troops. Heating elements are woven into mattresses and blankets for use in special hospital beds to revive patients almost at death’s door.
Astounding Barstow Remedy Claim Promises Quick Relief
Barstow merchant's wife suffers stomach trouble unable to eat except toast fruit and hot water. Advertises Adler-ika flushes the whole alimentary tract with buckhorn bark gly cerine and other ingredients claiming relief of constipation sour stomach and gas and prevention of appendicitis. J O White druggist endorses its quick action.
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J. OU. White
Barstow
Knicker Is Jones Disqualified From Service Claim
A New York Sun report questions whether Knicker Is Jones is physically disqualified from military service. It notes his impaired vision and hearing and describes his legs as running backward, implying he cannot meet the required duties.
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Jones
Becker
New York Sun
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